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n A. ANDREo-rrl A HINGE Filed July 11. 1925' Edam nreoi www PatentedJune 29, 1926.

UNITED STATES ADAM ANDREOTTI, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HINGE.

uApplication filed July 11, 1925. Serial No. 42,968.

This invention relates to trunk hinges and has for its object theprovision of means to prevent an overhang of the trunk cover when sameis opened.

1With the ordinary hinge when the trunk cover is opened there is anoverhang which corresponds to the depth of the cover. In a closet or inan automobile where space is limited it is very often necessary to movethe trunk away from the wall or sometimes move out the trunk in order toopen the cover. To eliminate this inconvenience this improved hinge hasbeen devised.

Other objects will appear as the disclosure progresses. The drawings areintended merely to indicate a possible embodiment of the invention. Itis obvious that the actual needs of manufacture may necessitate certainmechanical changes. It is therefore not intended to limit the inventionto the embodiment illustrated, but rather to deiine such limits in theappended claims.

For a more detailed understanding of the invention, attention is nowcalled to the drawings in which a preferred embodiment is shownillustrated. In these drawings, like parts are designated by likereference characters in all the views.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a trunk showing the hinges appliedthereto.

Fig. 2 is a similar view as Fig. l with the cover in an opened position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view oiE the hinge.

Fig. 4 is a View of the hinge, partly in section, in an opened position.

Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are perspective views of the cooperating members.

Referring to the drawings iii-detail, numerals 1 and 2 designate theco-operating members of a trunk corner hinge made in accordance with myinvention. The upper member consists of a plate 3 having its side 4turned down at right angles to the said plate and the lower edge 5 ofthe turned down plate 4 cut substantially at an angle of 45 degrees withthe plate 3. Integral with the upper member 3 are a pair of ears 6 andbetween them is a stop 7.

The lower member 2 consists of a plate 8 having its side 9 bent over atright angles to the said plate and the upper edge 10 of the turned 4downplate 9 cut substantially at an angle of 45 degrees with the face or theplate 8. Integral with the plate an ear 11 is provided.

Numeral 12 represents the pintle for joining the two co-operatingmembers 1 and 2 together and 13 the usual bolt or rivet holes.

As noticed in Fig. 2 the two sides of the trunk 14 and 15 have upwardsloping edges 16 and 17 at the rear which corresponds to the slope 10 ofthe lower hinge member 2. The rear of the side pieces 18 and 19 of thecover are cut at a slope as at 20 and 21 which corresponds to the slope5 of the hinge member 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by UnitedStates Letters Patent is:

1. In a trunk hinge in combination, upper and lower members, the uppermember comprising a plate having bent over sides at right angles to thesaid plate, the lower edge of the bent over side cut substantially at anangle of 45 degrees with the face of the said plate, the lower membercomprising a plate having a bent over side at right angles to the secondmentioned plate, the upper edge of the last mentioned bent over side cutsubstantially at an angle of 45 degrees with the face of the lastmentioned plate, co-operating ears integral with both of said plates,and a pintle for joining the said upper and lower members together,meeting edges of the said bent over sides `being at an angle of 45degrees with the top face of the upper member, the apex of the saidangle being at the central axis of the said pintle.

2. In a trunk hinge in combination, upper and lower members, the uppermember comprising a plate having bent over sides at right angles to thesaid plate, the lower edge of the bent over side cut substantially at anangle of 45 degrees with the face of the said plate, the lower membercomprising a plate iaving a bent over side at right angles to the secondmentioned plate, the upper edge of the last mentioned bent over side cutsubstantially at an angle of 45 degrees with the face or" the lastmentioned plate, co-operating ears integral with both of said plates, a

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pintle for joining the upper` and lowery mem- Jcion which acts as a stopand the lower menibers together, the meeting edges of the said berhaving one ear which is adapted to fit bent over sides being at an angleof 45 debetween the first mentioned'ears and under- 10 grees with thetop face of the said upper neath the said curved portion.

member, the apex of the said angle being at In testimony Whereofl affixmyrs'ignature.

the central exis of the Said pintle, the upper o memb'r'having two earsand a curved por- ADAM ANDREMI.

